Data privacy déjà vu as bill bounces between chambers over exemption confusion

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: March 26, 2026

Words: 945

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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Exemptions are, again, a key sticking point of Maine’s attempt to pass a comprehensive data privacy law.

The Maine House of Representatives removed a Senate-backed exemption for political organizations on Thursday, though the two-hour debate still centered on the other carve-outs in the legislation — echoing the disputes heard in the final hours of the Legislature two years ago, when lawmakers failed to pass earlier iterations of such a plan.

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